Severe Autumn storms in future Western Europe with a warmer Atlantic Ocean

Climate Dynamics

Volumn 45, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 949-964

  Baatsen, Michiel ^a,b   Haarsma, Reindert J ^a   Van Delden, Aarnout J ^b   de Vries, Hylke ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Extratropical transition; Re intensification; Tropical cyclones; Warm seclusion

Indexed keywords

AUTUMN; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CYCLOGENESIS; FUTURE PROSPECT; JET FLOW; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; STORM; TROPICAL CYCLONE; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND VELOCITY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 84932199435     PISSN: 09307575     EISSN: 14320894     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00382-014-2329-8     Document Type: Article

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